Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Department of Education
The US president intends to fulfill his campaign promise to return authority over education to states and parents. But a final decision requires a qualified majority in the Senate, which he does not have
Donald Trump fulfilled another one of his campaign promises on Thursday. By signing an executive order from the Oval Office, the U.S. president intends to start dismantling the Department of Education to — fulfilling a long-standing Republican aspiration — distribute its functions among the states and “return power to parents” over their children’s education.
